Matt [Admin]

Welcome to BoozeMonkey! I'm Matt the BoozeMonkey Admin -- your first port of call if you have any questions or problems (after you've checked the FAQ at the bottom of the page of course). Please feel free to message me if you have any questions about the site.

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I'm not into Piña Coladas or getting caught in the rain: I love hot summer days lazing by the pool with a glass of red and a good book. And swimming in the ocean -- nothing makes you feel more alive than that.

I hate queues. And traffic lights. But only when they're on red. And I hate those people who stop at the lights and take the opportunity to pick their teeth or squeeze their zits in the rear-view mirror, like they're somehow invisible inside their car. What is wrong with you people?! Grrr...!

I have to admit to a preference for massive reds (and our winemakers do MASSIVE so well), but I am also partial to an exceptional white on occasion, particularly in the summer.

Recent stand-out favourites include Judge Rock Pinot Noir, Singlefile Estate Shiraz & Reserve Chardonnay, Grancari Shiraz (a huge wine) and ANYTHING that Brian Light puts into a bottle at Sylvan Springs: that man's a genius.

Bunnamagoo's stickies are to die for, Buller and Caught Redhanded produce some spectacular fortifieds, Moorooroo Park's Sparkling Shiraz is a cracker, as is the Vixen by Fox Creek. Talking of Fox Creek, their Reserve Shiraz is pretty special, and so is Michael Petrucci's Sabella Reserve... amazing Shiraz.

If I had to choose an all-time favourite, it would be a real struggle. Wine's the sort of thing where it changes depending on your mood, not just on what you're eating with it. But I have discovered two SUBLIME wines recently, the sort of wine you would seriously consider changing your sexual orientation for (though why anyone would ask you to do that for a bottle of wine is beyond me): the 2 Mates Shiraz is just amazing, peppery, jammy and full-flavoured, and the Penny's Hill Footprint Shiraz is jammy and earthy and... both of them big, bold, fruity, mouth-watering wines. Beautiful!